Serving apparatus for postage-stamps, paper, and the like.



PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

V. HEGARTY. SERVING APPARATUS FOR POSTAGE STAMPS, PAPER, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16, 1907.

we'fizessewsx VINCENT HEGARTY, OF DRESDEN, GERMANY.

SERVING APPARATUS FOR POSTAGE-STAMPS, PAPER, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Application filed October 16, 1907. Serial No. 397,682.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, VINCENT HEGARTY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Dresden, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Serving Apparatus for Postage-Stamps, Paper, and the Like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a-full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to serving apparatus for paper, postage stamps and the like, and the object thereof is to provide an apparatus of such class whereby the serving of strips of stamps or paper from a web or roll can be conveniently had.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several viewsFigure 1 is a plan view of a serving apparatus in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation; Fig. 3 is a transverse section; Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are sectional details showing a means for securing the web to the winding roll, and, Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10 illustrate a modification of the form of securing means for the web to the winding roll.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 2 denotes a casing provided with a removable bottom 3, and within said casing is arranged a plurality of rotatable winding rolls for the web from which the strips are severed. The inner face of each side wall of the casing 2 is cut away at various points throughout its length to provide angular recesses 1, the walls of which constitute bearings for the journals or shafts of the rolls 1. Each of the recesses is formed with a vertically-extending portion which terminates in an upwardly-inclined portion. WVithin this upwardly inclined portion of the recesses is mounted the journals or shafts of the rolls 1. The recesses upon the inner face of one side wall are directly opposite the recesses in the face of the other side wall. Owing to the manner in which the recesses 4 are constructed it enables the removal of the rolls when occasion so requires that is to say if the bottom 3 is withdrawn the rolls can then be slid out of the casing, the shape of the recesses enabling such operation. It is necessary as the web winds off the rolls to provide means to compensate for the reduced diameter and in this connection the journals or shafts of the rolls can be forced upwardly in the inclined portions of the recesses. A feed roll 7 associates with each of the winding rolls and the said feed rolls 7 abut against the web and therefore it is necessary as the web winds off to force the winding roll up in the slots so that the web will be always in contact with the feed rolls. This adjustment of the winding roll is automatic and provision for such adjustment is had owing to the engagement with the journals or shafts of the winding rolls with the springs 11, the tendency of the springs being to force the winding rolls toward the feed rolls. The springs 11 are positioned at each side of the casing and engage the journals or shafts of the winding rolls 1, as clearly shown in Fig. The feed roll 7 may be grooved or cov ered with india rubber so as to prevent the slipping thereof during rotation to feed the web. The feed rolls 7 have their shafts ournaled in the side walls of the casing 2, one end of each of the shafts projecting from one side wall and carrying a turn button 8 or other equivalent means.

The top of the casing 2 is formed with a plurality of slots through which is adapted to extend the web as it unwinds from the roll 1 and curved guides 9 are secured within the casing at one side of each of the rolls for the web. The upper portions of the guides 9 are in alinement with the slots 6. The guides 9 are provided with openings or slots 10 through which extend the feed rolls 7 so that these latter can engage the web when it is desired to unwind the same from the rolls 1.

The projecting ends of the shafts of the feed rolls 7 also carry disks 12 each provided with a groove 13 in which is adapted to ena locking dog 14 which is secured to one side wall of the casing 2. The locking dog is actuated through the medium of an eccentric lever 15 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The function of the dog'14 and lever 15 is to hold the feed roll from movement when severing a strip from a web. This will also revent the operation of the windingroll. T iere is a dog 14 and lever 15 associating with each feed roll.

The web is secured to a winding roll by setting up the roll of a cylinder 16 formed in a spiral manner; or in other words so that one longitudinal edge of the cylinder will overlap the other longitudinal edge. The cylinder is formed with teeth 17 and slots 18, the teeth extending through the web and engaging in the slots. An eccentric lever 19 is provided for opening the overlapping portion of the cylinder so that the web can be attached when occasion so desires. This construction of securing the web to the winding roll is shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6.

A modified form of securing means for the web is shown in Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10, and in this connection it will be stated that the winding roll is provided with a longitudinal groove 20 which is adapted to receive a toothed flexible bar 21. The roll is formed with flanges or rims 22, one of which is removable. A removable flange is adapted to lie over the flexible bar 21 and thereby secure it fast. Between the bar 21 and the wall of the groove 20 the end of the web is fixed.

The casing may be provided with a sponge disk 23 at one end thereof.

What I claim is- 1. A serving apparatus comprising a casing having a closed top and a removable bottom, said top having an opening for the passage of a web, said casing having its sides provided with angularly-shaped recesses, webcarrying rolls mounted in said recesses, a feed roll engaging the web and ada ted when operated to feed the web throug the slot, and means engaging with the web-carrying roll and associating with said recesses for automatically adjusting said web-carrying roll towards the feed roll whereby the feed roll will permanently engage the web.

i j i L 2. A serving ap aratus comprising a casing having a closer top and a removable bottom, said top having an opening for the passage of a web, said casing having its sides provided with angularly-shaped recesses, webcarrying rolls mounted in said recesses, a feed roll engaging the web, adapted when operated to feed the web through the slot, means engaging with the web-carrying roll and associating with said recesses for automatically adjusting said web-carrying roll towards the feed roll whereby the feed roll will permanently engage the web, and means arranged exteriorly of the casing and engaging with the feed roll to arrest the movement thereof.

3. A serving ap aratus comprising a casing having a closer top and a removable bot tom, said top having an opening for the passage of a web, said casing having its sides provided with angularly-shaped recesses, webcarrying rolls mounted in said recesses, a feed roll engaging the web and adapted when operated to feed the web through the slot, means engaging with the web-carrying roll and associating with said recesses for automatically adjusting said web-carrying roll towards the feed roll whereby the feed roll will permanently engage the web, means arranged exteriorly of the casing and engaging with the feed roll to arrest the movement thereof, and a web arranged in said casing in operative relation with respect to said slot and having an opening through which extends the feed roll.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

VINCENT HEGARTY. Witnesses:

PAUL AREAS, FR. WEIDL. 

